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You won't be able to improve it now if you're a senior (because that ship has sailed) but you can maintain what you have by living well and healthily (good, fresh foods in a wide variety, daily exercise, frequent social exposure, staying on top of your existing health issues, and challenging your brain by solving puzzles, having hobbies, staying away from the wrong drugs and too much alchohol, keeping up with eye glass prescriptions so you can see and participate and the same for hearing aids, etc).
There's no magic bullet, and I have no faith that any of the supplements do anything because they can make medical claims without having to actually prove it because they are food supplements, and not actual FDA-approved pharmaceutical therapies. This includes CBD: it hasn't been legal long enough for long-term study results. It's also not standardized, so this makes studying its results accurately very challenging.
A good, balanced diet full of fruits and veggies will help with EVERYTHING. But there is no diet, medication or supplement that is proven to help lessen or delay the progression, unfortunately, of dementia.
The key to that is keeping the mind active and managing health issues, like diabetes and high blood pressure. Get some good exercise too.
Interesting this was brought up, at a local grocery store chain, they were having a 3 day sale (ends today) on a brand of potato chips, where a shopper could be 2 and get 3 free, Very tempting and at least one shopper while I was there took the bait. The guy even mentioned saving $14 alone taking advantage of the offer.
You might be thinking of years of good diet, exercise and sleep. There is no one good food. You need yo work with your doctor to find a compatabe drug to slow progress
True that you cannot go backwards in time, as such…
Good NUTRITION is key to better living and can never restore what is lost; it can enhance and sharpen what is left, if only for a time.
There is a fantastic book: The End of Alzheimer’s Program by Dale Bresden MD. There’s a lot of science and chemistry in the book. Read that part for backgrounder if you are interested or don’t. DO READ and follow the action plan menus, good groups, and how to make it happen for yourself and your LO. Then, I’m a fan of Giada and her Eat better feel Better cookbook with very easy recipes (and great photos!!) the photos give me inspiration bc planning and preparation and serving and eating and cleaning is a full time job by itself!!!
OTC Sublingual methycobalin (sp) B12 with B6 and Folic Acid is what my husband’s neurologist recommended as supplement. (I had no idea that even one glass of wine starts to deplete B12. So I take it, too!!!)
As a general flip through, night stand, find a dementia topic snippet book, The 36-Hour Day is a sound reference. Please get the 7th Edition… it has updated information. My friend was a nurse at Johns Hopkins and has very high regard for the authors.
Salmon is good. Avocados are good, Olive oil and olives are good Nuts are good (particularly walnuts) Eggs are good for the brain. Vegetables and fruits are good. Legumes are good. Sweet potatoes, rice and white potatoes for carbohydrates.
Minimize sugar. Minimize processed foods (in packages), Minimize sweets.
A massive amount of research has been going on for at least a decade into AZ. So far as I know, none of it has suggested a diet 'that will help'. Good diet might help general health but NOT spelling or AZ.
My Mom and her 7 other siblings faithfully ate a Mediterranean diet and lived into their 90s despite not really exercising beyond gardening (and anything job-related). Some of them smoked. They all drank alchohol with meals (red wine, beer, an occasional cocktail). They grew their own tomatoes when they could, hardly ate desserts or snacks, cooked from fresh, and lots of dark leafy greens (like broccoli rapini). Most had low-stress lives.
Two got dementia in their late 80s, one in his early 90s. My Mom is 95 and has been having symptoms for the past 1.5 years. Her sister is now 105 with all her mind (and lived with the other sister all her life, neither got married nor had kids and even worked in the same company for the majority of their lives). Proof that some dementias are inherited and no diet is going to prevent it or cure it.
I don't think whatvyou eat has much to do with getting Dementia or ALZ. IMO ALZ is inherited, my grandmother had it. 2 out of her 8 kids were diagnosed. Not sure about the rest because all but 1 died before 80. The one, that didn't lived to be 87 and passed from a stroke. ALZ effects the brain different than other Dementias.
IMO, Dementia is caused by chemicals you put in your body. Over use of Alcohol for one. Use of some medications. Brain injuries. Heart and lung problems.
It does not hurt to eat well. Exercise and constantly learn new things.
Eggs. Lots of eggs. Seratonin, selenium, ginseng, ginko biloba. Keep them hydrated. Cut out sugar and alcohol, yes. BUT, dementia and alz ARE manageable and is not always a death sentence. Cholesterol causing heart disease is a myth. The brain NEEDS cholesterol and the liver makes it. Get your loved one OFF statin drugs. They cause dementia.
Really? Cholesterol causing heart disease is a MYTH??? My husband's triglycerides alone were 630 causing him to need emergency triple bypass open heart surgery......3 arteries were 80-90% blocked! Trust me when I tell you the brain does NOT need a HUGE level of cholesterol to function. Oh, and AD and dementia are both terminal.
Fermented foods like kimchi or sauerkraut, and nutritional yeast for the B vitamins. There are no miracle foods in my opinion but adding the ones above to an overall good diet can be helpful.
There is a diet called the MIND diet, short for Mediterranean -DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, that claims to have some scientific backing to help delay onset of symptoms for some. I haven't looked at their citations yet to see if there is backing for that claim from reputable sources. It isn't saying that it can reverse any damage already done. It's basically a lower salt/sugar/fat diet of whole, unprocessed foods with heavier use of things like olive oil and fish. Pretty much what most of know to do but don't always follow because a Popeyes fried chicken sandwich is so very good.
Unfortunately, the big trial of mind – DASH was negative (didn’t show a benefit of the diet).
300-ish people on the diet versus 300 people who are not, three years follow up, both cognitive testing an MRI. Did not find a difference between the groups. New England Journal, so high-quality evidence.
It is reversible with proper diet and NUTRITION. It is not a death sentence. If you want links or references send me a PM. Finally, I'll say it is NOT possible to get all the nutrition you need from food anymore. Our soil is depleted. As for cholesterol, yes, it is a myth. Seed oils and heated oils cause plaque.
The Mediterranean diet is Great - Wild salmon , Fish is a Brain Food so Is walnuts , Blueberries , avocados , sushi - anything with a Lot of B Vitamins . Cut Out sugar and processed foods . Organic Vegetables - try and grow your Own Food . Look Up Lions Mane it is a Mushroom and You Can get It in Gummie form or tincture - Go On Esty.com . I Recently purchased some Lions Mane for My Aunt from a Farm in North Carolina . If You Can get acupuncture or go to a acupuncture clinic That will help . Exercise . Sun Light . Meditate - go On Instagram - Thomas victor carroll has free Meditations . So Does Joan Halifax at Upaya - Meditation is really good for the Brain cuts out stress . Keep the coffee to One cup a day or switch to matcha Tea . You want your Body to be More alkaline than acidic . Exercise and being in nature are the Best remedies .
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We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
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There's no magic bullet, and I have no faith that any of the supplements do anything because they can make medical claims without having to actually prove it because they are food supplements, and not actual FDA-approved pharmaceutical therapies. This includes CBD: it hasn't been legal long enough for long-term study results. It's also not standardized, so this makes studying its results accurately very challenging.
Interesting this was brought up, at a local grocery store chain, they were having a 3 day sale (ends today) on a brand of potato chips, where a shopper could be 2 and get 3 free, Very tempting and at least one shopper while I was there took the bait. The guy even mentioned saving $14 alone taking advantage of the offer.
Good NUTRITION is key to better living and can never restore what is lost; it can enhance and sharpen what is left, if only for a time.
There is a fantastic book: The End of Alzheimer’s Program by Dale Bresden MD. There’s a lot of science and chemistry in the book. Read that part for backgrounder if you are interested or don’t. DO READ and follow the action plan menus, good groups, and how to make it happen for yourself and your LO. Then, I’m a fan of Giada and her Eat better feel Better cookbook with very easy recipes (and great photos!!) the photos give me inspiration bc planning and preparation and serving and eating and cleaning is a full time job by itself!!!
OTC Sublingual methycobalin (sp) B12 with B6 and Folic Acid is what my husband’s neurologist recommended as supplement. (I had no idea that even one glass of wine starts to deplete B12. So I take it, too!!!)
As a general flip through, night stand, find a dementia topic snippet book, The 36-Hour Day is a sound reference. Please get the 7th Edition… it has updated information. My friend was a nurse at Johns Hopkins and has very high regard for the authors.
i hope that my experiences help.
this winding journey…
Salmon is good. Avocados are good, Olive oil and olives are good
Nuts are good (particularly walnuts)
Eggs are good for the brain.
Vegetables and fruits are good.
Legumes are good.
Sweet potatoes, rice and white potatoes for carbohydrates.
Minimize sugar. Minimize processed foods (in packages), Minimize sweets.
Two got dementia in their late 80s, one in his early 90s. My Mom is 95 and has been having symptoms for the past 1.5 years. Her sister is now 105 with all her mind (and lived with the other sister all her life, neither got married nor had kids and even worked in the same company for the majority of their lives). Proof that some dementias are inherited and no diet is going to prevent it or cure it.
IMO, Dementia is caused by chemicals you put in your body. Over use of Alcohol for one. Use of some medications. Brain injuries. Heart and lung problems.
It does not hurt to eat well. Exercise and constantly learn new things.
300-ish people on the diet versus 300 people who are not, three years follow up, both cognitive testing an MRI. Did not find a difference between the groups. New England Journal, so high-quality evidence.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2302368
(both groups actually get a tiny bit better, perhaps because they got better at the testing – learned how to do the repeated cognitive testing).